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...four bolts meant to secure the panel to the aircraft were missing, and an audit of Boeing and Spirit by the US Federal Aviation Administration found “multiple instances” where the companies failed to meet manufacturing...
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...As integral to the region’s manufacturing history as the nearby Harland & Wolff shipyard that built the Titanic, the Shorts plant is owned by Spirit AeroSystems, a key supplier to Airbus....
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